Last Updated: April 26, 2023, 00:55 IST
The suspected passengers in three flights had been recognized and intercepted by the workforce of DRI officers at the airport. (File pic: IANS)
Eighteen girls from Sudan carrying the smuggled gold and an Indian lady who was coordinating the motion of the passengers had been arrested
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) caught gold being smuggled into India in paste type and arrested 18 Sudanese girls in addition to an Indian lady with 16.36 kg of the yellow steel valued at Rs 10.16 crore at the Mumbai airport, an official stated on Tuesday.
The passengers had been travelling from the UAE to Mumbai on April 24 and surveillance was mounted by a workforce of DRI officers at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
The suspected passengers in three flights had been recognized and intercepted by the workforce of DRI officers at the airport. A radical examination led to the restoration of a complete of 16.36 kg of gold in paste type, gold items, and jewelry.
Most of the recovered gold was discovered hid on the our bodies of the suspect passengers, making it extraordinarily troublesome to detect, stated officers.
In a follow-up search at associated premises, 1.42 kg of gold value almost Rs 85 lakh together with overseas forex value Rs 16 lakh and Indian notes of Rs 88 lakh had been additionally recovered, an official stated.
This is a singular modus operandi busted by the DRI indicating the uphill job confronted by the officers of the company frequently to verify syndicates smuggling gold in numerous varieties into the nation, stated sources.
Eighteen girls from Sudan carrying the smuggled gold and an Indian lady who was coordinating the motion of the passengers had been arrested, he stated. Further investigation is in progress to establish others concerned within the racket.
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